https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:21:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-advice-needed-2#post-2580600 Sun, 03 Jul 2016 22:42:36 +0000 Anagram 2580600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agree with Foodnerd above, don't worry about it being harder later if LO is showing readiness signs now. Our older LO was showing all the readiness signs, but I was hugely pregnant and then had a second baby and had heard not to do anything major 3 months before or after a new baby, so we waited. And then she potty trained fairly easily right before I went back to work at the end of my maternity leave. I was so worried it would be a nightmare, or that she would be the last one trained, but she started back at her daycare in her new older class, and she was the youngest but one of the first fully potty trained (we trained around 28 months).</p> <p>Other than the doom and gloom about timing, we followed the OCPT method to good success....but I am a rule follower, so I really really really followed the blocks laid out and didn't just read the babycenter summary, which gets a lot of stuff wrong.</p> <p>Having said all that--have you checked with your daycare about what they will do if you successfully potty train over a long holiday? I mean, will they insist on pull ups or something if she has an accident? My daycare was pretty laid back--She went to daycare on her 4 day after going bottomless and we were still in the "commando" stage (under pants) and they were fine with that. Then we were in undies but still a pull up at nap time, and they were fine with that. And they made sure to take her exactly every 2 hours all day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-advice-needed-2#post-2580590 Sun, 03 Jul 2016 22:13:09 +0000 Foodnerd81 2580590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know what to tell you about when to try (though it sounds like she is doing great already), but I just want to say the one thing I don't like about the oh crap book is the pressure to time it right and not wait. I got pretty freaked out that we would miss our perfect window but I was so pregnant and just couldn't deal and thought surely I was ruining everything. Totally wrong- we waited until I was ready and my toddler was giving me cues again that she was ready and picked a good weekend and it was fine. So I just say don't worry too too much about missing a window. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-advice-needed-2#post-2580571 Sun, 03 Jul 2016 20:55:06 +0000 MenagerieMama 2580571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 22 mo and in daycare 3 days a week (home with me the other days). We never intended on trying to potty train early but she's been showing increasing signs by day that she's ready! I read the Oh Crap book which makes me feel like we need to go with it, though I'm not sure their methods are a perfect fit for LO. </p> <p>I would go for it, but the problem is I talked to her daycare and they said that while they have a little potty area in the room and would take her whenever she asked or at certain times, that it has never worked for any kids in that room (junior toddler, 16-24 mo) because all the other kids are in diapers. She said it's not worth it until she moves rooms. However, LO won't move until she's 26 mo because she shares her spot with toddler who is younger so they compromise on moving rooms. </p> <p>Part of me says, okay, wait, what's the rush! Do it when daycare is on board. The other part of me says, carpe diem! If the baby wants to go for it, it will only be harder to do it later! Make daycare work for us. The teachers always seem frazzled and I partially wonder if they told me that because potty training kids are a pain for them.</p> <p>LO this weekend, of her own accord, has peed in the potty 2x and pooped several times. She will actually get on the potty and try to poop even if she doesn't need to, just because I'm using the bathroom and she wants to do something! She seems super aware of what she's doing when she's on the potty and you can see her trying to go and she'll look to see if she put anything in the potty and wants to dump it in the toilet to flush. She still happily goes in her diapers, but she almost always wakes up dry from her nap and can hold it for up to 3 hours. Her only downfall is that her verbal language isn't quite to potty training level (no where near singing the ABCs like OCPT says!) but she's a really good communicator and her receptive language is great.</p> <p>Potty training veterans - what say you? Carpe diem or wait for daycare to get on board? We're not in a rush, but who doesn't love to be out of diapers (though we do cloth so the $ isn't really a factor) and I want to make this the easiest it can be! </p>